Worldwide Fiber and Telia Swap Fiber

VANCOUVER, B.C., Canada and Stockholm, Sweden. . . . . . January 24th, 2000, Worldwide Fiber Inc. and Telia AB today announced they will swap fiber optic network infrastructure and assets in Europe and North America.

Vancouver-based Worldwide Fiber, which is building an advanced global IP fiber optic network, will provide Sweden’s Telia, one of Europe’s leading telecommunications carriers, with a fiber optic network spanning 14,000 kilometers (8,700 miles) throughout North America and connecting 17 major U.S. cities. Worldwide Fiber will also provide Telia with equipment space in all of its major switching facilities in these cities, including New York, Atlanta, Dallas, Los Angeles, Chicago and Boston. The network will be delivered to Telia starting in the second quarter of 2000, and will be completed by the end of the year.

In return, Telia will provide Worldwide Fiber with fiber optic facilities spanning a distance of 6,400 kilometers (4,000 miles) in the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Holland, Sweden, Norway and Denmark, connecting 11 major European cities, including London, Paris and Frankfurt. Telia will also provide Worldwide Fiber with equipment space in all of its major switching sites in these European cities. The network will be delivered to Worldwide Fiber starting in the first quarter of 2000, and will also be completed by year end.

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